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I actually felt great! I ran my mile repeats at 6:40, 6:40, 6:36, and 6:34. That may not seem very speedy to some, but considering I'm coming back from an injury, I'll take it! The pace never felt too fast or too hard. It was just hard enough. My legs were dripping in sweat when I finished and I felt great. It was like a much needed cleanse after a not-so-great day. Sometimes all you need is a good sweat.
Tonight, I plan to do a very easy 8 mile run and take Holly along for a few of those miles. I live in Golden Hill, a neighborhood with a lot of hills. Shocking, I know. I really need to start utilizing them to my advantage considering Boston is just 2 1/2 months away. Tonight, I shall do that.
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I had a tomato, avocado and tempeh sandwich with veganaise (the TLT). It tasted just like I remember a BLT to taste, but better. I enjoyed a side of sweet potato hash and tried a slice of my friend's kale pizza. Everything was delicious. The pizza was covered in kale and garlic, which I loved. I highly recommend this place if you're in the area and don't mind being in Fashion Valley. It's not my favorite place, but it's worth it for the food and the ambiance of this place. There are several other locations, as well. I know there is a restaurant in Santa Monica and Newport Beach, as well as Denver.
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Awesome workout- and YES, those mile repeats were fast indeed! The food pics made me hungry, looks delicious :-) Good luck with your 8 miler!
ReplyDeleteYou always have the BEST food pictures. And your mile repeats are awesome! I dream of seeing a 6 before my miles one day soon. I love running hills, I really do, but I hate running hill repeats. It takes the stride out of my run, so I just look forward to embracing them on my runs. I hope I have done enough hills for the ATX marathon in 2 weeks, which I hear is a hilly course.
ReplyDelete2 weeks! That is so soon. How is taper going??
DeleteWell, it was going great, until today I pushed the mileage AND the pace of my long run to 15.5 miles very close to goal pace. Mentally confidence boosting, but not great on letting the legs taper...
DeleteThose are great mile repeat times, especially if you feel that it was a great workout. Self-perception is the key not the actual time.
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Thank you, Erin! And you are definitely right -- it's all about perception!
Delete4 X 1600 is not a fun or easy workout, you crushed it! Nice work! True Food Kitchen looks amazing! I must take my Mom there for lunch, I am closest to the SM location, and, hello, you are drop dead gorgeous! Are there any other SoCal or West Coast bloggers running Boston? We should do a met up. Have a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteLisa, you're too sweet! We definitely need to do a blogger meet-up in Boston! I can't wait!!
DeleteAh-mazing mile repeats! Very inspiring :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome job Kate! Um, I haven't run any faster than MAYBE a 6:53 pace all training cycle (not including strides) so I'd say these miles would definitely be giving me a major cleanse and high! I'm not sure why my coach hasn't had me doing anything like this...I should ask him. But in the meantime I'm not too worried...just happy for you and hoping that it only goes up up up from here as you prepare for Boston. And your food looks so yummy! I bet you would LOVE Asheville, NC so so much. It isn't like anything I expected until I got there. So many of the restaurants are vegetarian and vegan...farm to table type places. Definitely some good places that I thought were delicious!
ReplyDeleteAsheville sounds wonderful, Amanda! Will we FINALLY get to meet in Boston!?
DeleteLove that restaurant! We live in socal but went to the Phoenix one on vacation and were hooked.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite delicious! I can't wait to go back!
DeleteNice job lady and those are fast! Love the look of that restaurant. I wish we had some 'different' places like that here in Utah.
ReplyDeleteThere are people who don't think 6:40, 6:40, 6:36, and 6:34 are speedy times?
ReplyDeleteThey are crazy. Great job!
HAHA! Thanks, Maggie! It's all relative, right?
DeleteAwesome job on the repeats! You are bouncing back really fast and I think you're gonna have an awesome Boston.
ReplyDeleteI envy you that restaurant! How fun.
I love speedwork. It's so great for confidence.
DeleteI wish you were in Boston this year!
Very good and that place looks fabulous. What is tempeh?
ReplyDeleteAh! I just went to True Food in Santa Monica yesterday and it was soooo good. I had the Winter Ingredient Salad. SO good. Tempeh on a BLT is the bomb. Real Food Daily (there are two in the LA area, not sure if they have any in San Diego) had the BEST BLT wrap w/ bacon tempeh.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have a Real Food Daily, but I've seen one in LA! That salad looked really good.
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Great job on those mile repeats. And are you just LOVING your iPhone yet? It took me about a month to get over missing my Droid but now I'm a total convert. Favorite soul cleansing workout would be a 3-mile hilly trail loop done a few times over. It's my favorite place.
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What are you talking about? Those are speedy mile repeats! Nice work! Definitely jealous.
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